Barnes & Noble Classics, September 2005. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. &&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RSailing Alone Around the World&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RJoshua Slocum&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R&&LI&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages.....
Harper Perennial, November 2004. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan's historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage "Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner."-- New York Times Book.....
Breese Books Ltd, May 1999. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. This is a facsimile edition of the memorial to the sinking of the Titanic first published in May 1912 in the U.S.A. The book is a fascinating photographically-illustrated source of information relating to the disaster and provides a list.....
Ecco, May 2019. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF JANET MASLIN'S MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE SUMMER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE ONE OF OUTSIDE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMER ONE OF.....
Everyman's Library, March 2010. Hardcover. A new copy. A gathering of the best maritime fiction from the last two hundred years: tales of shipwrecks and storms at sea, of creatures from the deep, of voyages that test human limits on the wild and limitless waters. Classic adventures stories by Joseph.....
DK, January 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. The ultimate visual guide to all types of knots. Avoid getting yourself into a tangle by following detailed step-by-step instructions that show you how to tie and untie more than 100 knots. Whichever knotty scenario you find yourself in, from in your.....
Formac, May 2005. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The 19th century was the age of shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces: all along the coast men were turning trees into ships that would sail on the world's oceans. Farmers and fishermen became master craftsmen building huge, deep-water vessels. In.....
Scribner, April 2010. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The story behind the major motion picture from Disney--starring Chris Pine, Eric Bana, and Casey Affleck--written by a recognized master of the genre--"a blockbuster account of tragedy at sea" (The Providence Journal).It's the winter of 1952 and a ferocious Nor'easter.....
Skipstone, August 2010. Hardcover. A new copy. * The only knots book available that comes with its own practice cord! * Easy-reference format explains the most frequently used knots * Detailed photographs show exactly how to tie each and every knot Essential Knots is a practical, colorful, and easy-to-use guide.....
Broadway Books, March 2016. Trade Paperback. A new copy. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania "Both terrifying and enthralling."--Entertainment Weekly "Thrilling, dramatic and powerful."--NPR "Thoroughly engrossing."--George R.R. Martin On May 1.....
Penguin (Non-Classics), May 2001. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye--the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick. Winner of the National Book Award, Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of.....
Random House Inc, August 2000. Trade Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, here is the true story of the deadliest hurricane in history. National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the.....
[Printed by Francis Michelin, New York], 1846. First Edition. Print. Lithograph, oblong format 14.25 x 18.4 inches, in double-ruled black frame on sheet 15.6 x 19.25, printed in black. Illustrated with image of Fitch's boat the Perserverance upper right, Fulton's boat Clermont upper left, and Fitch's drawing of his Model.....
1950s. Novelty. 3-ring binder containing the history of the yacht Contender: built in 1905 by Geastemunde, Germany, as Armgard by Gseebeck from Stockhauser's design. Built for Prince Eric von Schaumlippe, nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm. To U.S. in 1922, renamed Poinsettia. Rebuilt in 1930 at Long Beach, renamed Contender. Rebuilt 1951.....
Chartwell Books, 2001. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. The Evolution of Boats into Ships This volume explores the varied lines of development from the most primitive watercraft to the first real sea-going ships.
Naval Institute Press, June 1990. Trade Paperback. A convenient pocket training manual for square-rigger sailing. Written for cadets serving on the U.S. Coast Guard training barque Eagle.
Sperry Gyroscope Company, 1944. Hardcover.
W.W. Norton, May 1997. Hardcover. In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury, boasting waves over one hundred feet high. Among its victims was the Gloucester, Massachusetts-based swordfishing boat the Andrea Gail, which vanished with all six crew.....
Old Whalers Festival, Inc., 1968. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 92 pages. 7-1/4 by 10-1/4 inches. Festival booklet. Illustrated in black-and-white. Steinbeck is listed as Honorary Chairman. First edition (first printing). Very good in stapled wrappers (paperback).
Ward Ritchie Press, 1965. Hardcover.
T. Whitehorn, 1860. Hardcover. 86 pages, New and Corrected Edition. British Library gives 1860 as publication date. Book has no date of publication. New and corrected edition. Covers are loose, held to text by string binding, Hinges are broken. Covers are brown cloth worn and frayed. Front endpaper and front.....
Palgrave Macmillan, February 2000. Hardcover. Gladiator one minute, galley slave the next. Danger, abuse, excitement and tedium, these were the lot of open boat whalemen in the South Seas for two centuries. The Nantucketers, the first and the best, taught the world how whaling should be done. "Ahab's Trade" tracks.....
William Morrow & Co, October 1987. Hardcover.
Rizzoli, October 1992. Hardcover.
Naval Institute Press, October 1980. Hardcover.